Ernesto "Che" Guevara25 November 1956
The first step in Castros revolutionary plan is an assault on Cuba from Mexico via the Granma, an old, leaky cabin cruiser
Argentina · Politics / 26th of July Movement. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The first step in Castros revolutionary plan is an assault on Cuba from Mexico via the Granma, an old, leaky cabin cruiser
Attacked by Batista's military soon after landing, many of the 82 men were either killed in the attack or executed upon capture; only 22 found each other afterwards
Only a small band of revolutionaries survive to re-group as a bedraggled fighting force deep in the Sierra Maestra mountains, where they received support from the urban guerrilla network of Frank Pais, the 26th of July Movement, and local campesinos
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